Contracts and modes

What a contract is

Before setting off on a mission you can choose a contract. A contract does not change the world you face, but it changes the rules: how much health you recover, how tough enemies are, how many lives you have and what you get at the end.

The idea is simple: the more risk you accept, the more interesting the reward. But a contract too hard for your level only wastes your time, so it pays to climb one step at a time.

The four contracts

These are the contracts in the current build, from the easiest to the most demanding:

• Normal mission: the standard rules. The right contract for learning a world and clearing it the first time.
• Silence contract: removes all healing and makes enemies tougher, but pays more coins. Ideal when you know a world well and want to grow your gear.
• Storm contract: adds pressure and projectiles, and offers elemental materials in return.
• Master contract: more complex fights and a single life, with the best odds of finding rare items.

Which contract to choose

The Silence contract is the most deceptive: with no healing, every hit you take stays for the whole run. It only works if you can already avoid almost every attack in the world you are playing. A good test is clearing that world on a Normal mission without using the angels’ healing.

The Master contract, with a single life, is meant for players hunting rare items who know the bosses by heart. Before trying it, it is worth having a ninja with high permanent levels and a well-upgraded weapon.

The modes

As your account level rises, new modes open up, each with its own purpose:

• Training Dojo: try ninja and gear on training dummies. No rewards or progress, but it does not use up a run.
• Daily Challenge: a fixed setup that changes every day. Everyone starts from the same conditions, so only your play counts.
• Boss Rush: a string of bosses with limited healing. The best way to practise reading their strongest moves.
• Endless mode: rooms without end, with the goal of beating your record.

A suggested path

If you want an order to follow, this one works for most players:

• Clear the Bamboo Forest on a Normal mission.
• Use the Dojo to try every new weapon or ninja.
• Play the Daily Challenge every day: it is short and trains adaptation.
• Move to the Silence contract on the worlds you know best.
• Keep Boss Rush and the Master contract for when bosses have no secrets left.